Ace, Goodman

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Dates:
Birth 1899-01-15
Death 1982-03-25

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Author and radio personality. Born Goodman Aiskowitz. Born 1899; died 1982.

From the description of Goodman Ace papers, 1931-1972 (bulk 1931-1967). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982231

Biographical Note

1899, Jan. 15 Born Goodman Aiskowitz, Kansas City, Mo. 1919 Drama and film critic, Kansas City Post, Kansas City, Mo. 1928 Broadcast his newspaper column on radio station KMBC, Kansas City, Mo. Married Jane Sherwood (died 1974) 1928 1945 Wrote, produced, directed, and acted with wife, Jane Ace, in “Easy Aces,” radio program 1945 1946 Head writer, “The Danny Kaye Show,” radio program 1946 Supervisor of comedy, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) 1947 Established School of Comedy Writers, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) 1948 1949 Wrote, produced, directed, and acted with wife, Jane Ace, in “Mr. Ace and Jane,” radio program 1949 1950 Wrote and acted with wife, Jane Ace, in television version of “Easy Aces” 1950 1952 Writer, “The Big Show,” radio program hosted by Tallulah Bankhead 1952 1955 Head writer, “The Milton Berle Show,” television program 1955 1959 Head writer, “The Perry Como Show,” television program 1955 Published The Book of Little Knowledge: More Than You Want to Know about Television (N.Y.: Simon & Schuster. 183 pp.) 1957 Wrote screenplay for I Married a Woman 1960 1967 Writer, “Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall” television specials 1963 1964 Writer, “The Sid Caesar Show,” television program 1966 Published The Fine Art of Hypochondria; or, How Are You? (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 188 pp.) 1960s 1970s Wrote “Top Of My Head,” column in Saturday Review 1970 Published Ladies and Gentlemen, Easy Aces (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 210 pp.) 1971 Published The Better of Goodman Ace (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 230 pp.) ca. 1972 Began periodic appearances on “All Things Considered,” radio program 1982, Mar. 25 Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Goodman Ace Papers, 1931-1972, (bulk 1931-1967), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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